I concur! I have one son and three daughters. I grew up with nine of us, six girls and three boys. My mom died very young... Girls wear me out mentally more than boys do.
Here all you need to know about the difference between boys and girls. With boys, you have to worry about 1 penis. With girls, you have to worry about every penis in the world.
I’ve always thought that daughters make better fathers. While super alphas sit and let their little girls put makeup and nail polish on them, they can’t seem to converse with their pre-teen sons.
I can also confirm. My son, God love him, is still aging me.
He is the source of great joy and great angst, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. 💕 ok, less angst would be good…
lol you make up for it with your beloved daughters tho. But my brother is incredible if I do say so myself. One of Natures gentlemen just like our Dad and the male, (and female really) family forebears. I can talk ☺️cause I’m out of the danger zone into grandma/auntie zone
Why spread the anti-male agenda? Two separate female teachers, on two separate occasions, told me that middle school girls were the meanest students they encountered.
I have a five month old daughter. I find myself tryin to be gentler with things because I have to be gentle with her. Getting a lot of peace from her I haven’t had before.
I told my kids that as long as I paid their attorneys’ fees and bail, they didn’t have the right to embarrass me. They were 7 (my son) and 9 (my daughter) at the time. So far, so good.
I said we were raising three psychotic stuntmen in training, and my wife got very serious and said, “Hey it’s not easy raising the future leaders of the free world.”
Because our two sons were born in London, I felt we had to become citizens to make sure we'd be able to continue staying in America. It turns out I over reacted, my sons don't drink or behave as badly as I did when I was that young. 🙄
With no children of my own that I know of (touch wood), these are my observations. Boys WAY more difficult initially, before going full autonomous, never the one calling you. Girls WAY WAY easier initially, gives more warmth, then getting ludacrisly worrisome, before bringing you bliss and warmth.
What has aged me the most is hearing the sadness from my daughters as they confirm that they will not risk having children without access to care if their pregnancy is problematic, watching their shoulders sag when they see the onslaught of efforts to diminish them, trying to comprehend the hatred
I have 3 in their 20s - 2 boys, 1 girl. She’s the middle child, and my youngest son is on autism spectrum. Daughter was 2x the work (mentally) as both boys *combined* when they all were younger (grammar and high school). Today, she’s awesome - but back then, oof. It was rough…..
I agree with 99% of your opinions, but we differ here. I have a son and a daughter, different stresses. I will say nothing makes you worry more than for a daughter embracing bad men in the world.
I think boys are harder at first. But ... whew!Raising teenage girls is like being hazed by Satan's minions. At one point, I seriously considered if my daughter was possessed.
I have one of each, and found it was more about personality than gender. And you can see from an early age what that personality is going to be. My kids are now 22 and 24. They're the same as they were at 3 and 4 years old, just more mature versions.
I have a son and 2 stepdaughters. The boy has been a breeze, now, the girls made us get our first grays.
I’m very moved by your thoughts about the crisis affecting young men and I live in constant worry of our boy, but he’s such a remarkable young man, I hope college doesn’t tarnish his spirit
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A son is a son until he takes a wife
A daughter is a daughter for all of her life
He is the source of great joy and great angst, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. 💕 ok, less angst would be good…
“Dad, I’m 16 now. Where’s my new jeep?”
Me: “get a job!”
I got the Telescope
He became the angry conservative ...
I became the chemist, chasing the chemistry (and wonder) of other worlds ...
Two of each here. Boys have harder internal lives and that never, ever changes.
RFK, JR?
*also nuts
That is just anecdotal; I recognize it as such.
Does this make a positive difference?
If it's meant as a joke, it's not funny.
Contrary to my naive assumption that this was an American phenomenon.
https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/teacher-gender-biases-exist-and-have-long-term-effects
Drugs, alcohol, cutting, sexual assualt, suicides amongst friends
vs
shouting at teammates for not buying defuse kit
I’m very moved by your thoughts about the crisis affecting young men and I live in constant worry of our boy, but he’s such a remarkable young man, I hope college doesn’t tarnish his spirit
4 daughters 1 son.
He's the least problematic, most sane, helpful, kind of the bunch.
The daughters- between their PMS, bad men choices, etc... OMG I feel my face cracking.